GLSA 201401-29: VIPS: Privilege Escalation
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | VIPS: Privilege Escalation |
| Date: | 01/26/2014 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 201401-29 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in VIPS could result in privilege escalation.Background
VIPS is a free image processing system.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| media-libs/vips | < 7.22.4 | >= 7.22.4 | All supported architectures |
Description
VIPS places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might result in the current working directory (.) to be included when searching for dynamically linked libraries.
Impact
A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted shared library.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All VIPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/vips-7.22.4"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since November 23, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.